circumvent

English

Etymology

Latin circum (“about”) + venire (“to come”)

Verb

circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)

1. (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
2. (transitive) to surround or besiege
3. (transitive) to outwit or outsmart

Translations

to avoid or get around something

• Bulgarian: избягвам (bg) (izbjagvam), заобикалям (bg) (zaobikaljam)
• Danish: omgå (da)
• Dutch: omzeilen (nl)
• French: contourner (fr)

• Italian: eludere (it), circonvenire (it)
• Portuguese: contornar (pt)
• Romanian: înconjura (ro), ocoli (ro), conturna (ro)
• Russian: обойти (ru) (obojti)

to surround or besiege

• Danish: omringe (da)
• French: cerner (fr)

• Russian: обойти (ru) (obojti)

to outwit

• Bulgarian: надхитрявам (bg) (nadhitrjavam), изигравам (bg) (izigravam)
• French: contourner (fr)

• Russian: обойти (ru) (obojti)

Related terms

• circumvention
• circumventive